Scarlet Letter

An attractive and succesful detective, Ki-hoon is expecting a child with his beautiful wife and tries to end an affair with his lover Ka-hee. In his work he takes a new case and meets a young mysterious widow which he suspects to have murdered her husband. All three women seem to have their shocking secrets. French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre thought that Hell was being locked in a room for eternity with your friends. Director Byun seems to believe that Hell consists of being brought face to face with the consequences of one‘s actions, and for some that‘s far more scary.

Daniel H. Byun was born in 1966, Byun graduated from Korea University with degree in French Literature and studied filmmaking at Korean Film Academy and received MFA from University of Paris 8. He also graduated from fémis. With 1991’s He co-directed Homo Videocus, with E. J. Yong and received Grand prize at San Francisco Film Festival. He continued to make short films. Interview (2000) is his first feature-length film.